The artwork is from my own reference photo taken at Zealandia Eco Sanctuary, Wellington.
The New Zealand Takahē is one of my most favourite birds, they are rather special and only found only in New Zealand. Two resident Takahē birds (Nio & Orbell) successfully (and surprisingly) reared a chick!
The artwork is father and son (Orbell - the dad) and Te Awhiorangi (the juvenile aged approximately 3-4 months before he was translocated to Burwood Takahe School, before being sent to live amongst his own in the Murchison Mountains near Te Anau. It's a great story!
By the late 1890's the takahē were considered to be extinct until they were rediscovered in 1948 in a remote Fiordland valley. Thanks to an intensive programme of captive breeding, spearhead by the Department of Conservation, the Takahē population has increased, we now have approximately 350 Takahe, and some are being returned to predator-free islands within New Zealand. It's an incredible story. I'm a frequent visitor to Zealandia Eco Sanctuary in Wellington and very much enjoy spending time taking reference photos for my art as well as getting to hang out with our beautiful native birds.
Because of their incredible history of their species being declared extinct, then being restored by our New Zealand conservation efforts, I decided to leave the artwork half monochrome, and half painted, as if the bird is evolving back through time from black and white to present-day colour.
This Original Artwork has Recently Sold
OPEN EDITION PRINTS AND ART CARDS AVAILABLE
(Prints are signed by the Artist with a Certificate of Authenticity)
Fine Art Paper (printed with on Ilford giclee archival paper 100% smooth cotton)
Box Stretched Canvas 400gsm cotton/poly blend (stretched on a 35mm box frame and varnished for archival protection)
Framed options on enquiry
Freight to be quoted - This can vary on each order depending on quantity/weight and if same island, between islands and/or rural delivery
Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery
The artwork is from my own reference photo taken at Zealandia Eco Sanctuary, Wellington.
The New Zealand Takahē is one of my most favourite birds, they are rather special and only found only in New Zealand. Two resident Takahē birds (Nio & Orbell) successfully (and surprisingly) reared a chick!
The artwork is father and son (Orbell - the dad) and Te Awhiorangi (the juvenile aged approximately 3-4 months before he was translocated to Burwood Takahe School, before being sent to live amongst his own in the Murchison Mountains near Te Anau. It's a great story!
By the late 1890's the takahē were considered to be extinct until they were rediscovered in 1948 in a remote Fiordland valley. Thanks to an intensive programme of captive breeding, spearhead by the Department of Conservation, the Takahē population has increased, we now have approximately 350 Takahe, and some are being returned to predator-free islands within New Zealand. It's an incredible story. I'm a frequent visitor to Zealandia Eco Sanctuary in Wellington and very much enjoy spending time taking reference photos for my art as well as getting to hang out with our beautiful native birds.
Because of their incredible history of their species being declared extinct, then being restored by our New Zealand conservation efforts, I decided to leave the artwork half monochrome, and half painted, as if the bird is evolving back through time from black and white to present-day colour.
This Original Artwork has Recently Sold
OPEN EDITION PRINTS AND ART CARDS AVAILABLE
(Prints are signed by the Artist with a Certificate of Authenticity)
Fine Art Paper (printed with on Ilford giclee archival paper 100% smooth cotton)
Box Stretched Canvas 400gsm cotton/poly blend (stretched on a 35mm box frame and varnished for archival protection)
Framed options on enquiry
Freight to be quoted - This can vary on each order depending on quantity/weight and if same island, between islands and/or rural delivery
Please allow 2-3 weeks for delivery
